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Media Archæology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications
Parikka J Huhtamo E
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Description for Media Archæology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications
Paperback. Introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. This book helps us understand how the media that predate interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Editor(s): Huhtamo, Erkki; Parikka, Jussi. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AFKV; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582. Approaches, Applications, and Implications. 368 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Huhtamo, Erkki. Introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. This book helps us understand how the media that predate interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AFKV; JFD. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight: 502.
This book introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. Edited by Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka, with contributions from internationally prominent scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan, the essays help us understand how the media that predate today's interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Providing a broad overview of the many historical and theoretical facets of Media Archaeology as an emerging field, the book encourages discussion by presenting a ... Read more
This book introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. Edited by Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka, with contributions from internationally prominent scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan, the essays help us understand how the media that predate today's interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Providing a broad overview of the many historical and theoretical facets of Media Archaeology as an emerging field, the book encourages discussion by presenting a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520262744
SKU
V9780520262744
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About Parikka J Huhtamo E
Erkki Huhtamo is Professor of Design | Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jussi Parikka is Reader at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton, UK) and the author of Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses and Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology.
Reviews for Media Archæology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications
"A fascinating addition to work carried out in the social sciences." Information, Communication & Society